One of the new historical series we are looking most forward to this Autumn is definitely BBC's epic drama THE LAST KINGDOM which arrives onto the small screens October 10 at BBC America (hopefully, maybe a bit sooner at BBC Two?). Today you can check out some epic new photos from the series which might bring us a new TV hunk in the form of lead actor Alexander Dreymon who is also joined in the series by brilliant David Dawson (he was magnetic in BANISHED), Matthew MacFadyen and Rutger Hauer. Gareth Neame, producer, said the show will be more refined like TUDORS and DOWNTON ABBEY and less mindlessly brutal as some of today's shows.

ONE KING, ONE ENGLAND Based on Bernard Cornwell's popular THE SAXON STORIES novel series,
THE LAST KINGDOM is set in the late ninth century, when what is known as
England today was several separate kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxon lands are
attacked and in many instances ruled by Viking forces. The kingdom of
Wessex has been left standing alone under the command of King Alfred the
Great (David Dawson). The main protagonist, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) -
the orphaned son of a Saxon nobleman, is kidnapped by norsemen and
raised as one of them. Forced to choose between a kingdom that shares
his ancestry and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever
tested.Rutger Hauer plays a wise Viking poet, Jason Flemyng appears as
King Edmund with Alec Newman as King Aethelred while Ian Hart and Nordic
star Tobias Santelmann are also in the cast together with our dear
Caroline Boulton and Simon Nader in smaller roles. Costume designer Ross Little who
worked on THE BIBLE and CRIMSON FIELD historical mini series is doing the costumes!